Suspenders and trousers connection.



No. 698,457. Patented Apr. 29, I902.

R. T. CLARKE.

SUSPENDERS AND TROUSERS CONNECTION.

Applicatiun filed Aug. 15, 1901.)

(No Nl odel.)

IIXNVENTOR 6M WITNESSES:

A TORNEY m: uoams versus co, wmuumo. WASHINGYON. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD T. CLARKE, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

SUSPENDERS AND TROUSERS CONNECTION.

EBEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,457, dated April29, 1902.

Application filed August 15, 1901- SerialNo. 72,083. (No model.)

.To wZZ whom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, RICHARD T. CLARKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at C0- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Suspenders andTrousers Connections, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of suspenders and trousersconnections of that class which are particularly adapted for use wherethe suspenders are worn beneath the outer shirt; and the objects of myinvention are to provide a simple and inexpensive trousers connection ofthis class, to provide improved means for connecting my, improvedattachments with the suspender-ends, and to produce other improvementsin details of construction and arrangement of parts, which will belmorefully pointed out hereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the mannerillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- I Figure 1 is aperspective view of the ends of the suspender-strap, showing myattachment thereon; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section through portions ofa suspender end and trousers-band, showing the suspender-end connectedwith the trousers-button.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts the drawings, of a strip orplate 1, preferably of metal, the lower end of which is bifurcated toform two prongs 2, said bifurcated portion being bent upward and inward,the prongs thereof terminating in short outward bends,

as shown, thus providing the plate or clip body 1 with a substantiallyhook-shaped and bifurcated end portion. At desirable points I cause thestraight portion of the body 1 to be stamped or cut to form arearwardly-projecting clamping tongue 3. I also provide the upper end ofeach of the clip or plate bodies 1 with a transverse slot or opening 4.

5 represents the depending suspender-strap ends,each of which isconnected with one of the plates 1 as follows: The Suspender-strap endis inserted'through the slot or opening 4 from the forward side of theplate 1 and being extended downward against the back of said plate isheld in connection therewith by the insertion of the projecting plate-tongue 3 through the usual buttonhole 6 of the suspender-end andbending said tongue into contact with the back of the Suspender-end.

In utilizing my invention the usual susponders or trousers buttons 7 aresewed or otherwise secured to the inner side of the trousers-band 8. Inorder that the suspenders may be invisible, the same are designed to beworn on the outer side of the undershirt and on the inner side of theouter shirt, a connection of each of the Suspender-ends being made withone of the buttons 7 by causing the hook portion of the plate 1 toengage the under and rear side of the button, the button-body thuspassing between the inner sides of the prongs 2 and the forward face ofthe body of the plate 1, and said prongs being made to embrace oppositesides of the shank of the button, in which position the button is heldnot only by its engagement with said hook, but through the tendency ofthe prongs to spring inward and clamp the button in place. tion thatportion of the goods 9 forming the outer shirt which covers the buttonis embraced by the button in the hook termination of the plate.

By the above description and operation it will readily be understoodthat simple and reliable means are provided for connecting theattaching-plates with the Suspender-ends and that the method ofconnection shown is particularly adapted for use where thesuspender-ends are comparatively narrow or of such width as to permit oftheir being inserted through the slots or openings 4 of the plate 1.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a suspenders and trousers connection,the combination with theSuspender-ends, of button-catching plates having transverse openings 4adapted to receive the Suspender-ends and a tongue 3 projectingrearwardly therefrom, said tongue adapted to be inserted through thebuttonhole-opening of said suspender-ends andeach of said plates havingits lower end portion terminating in'abifurcated hook, substantially asspecified.

RICHARD T. CLARKE.

In presence of O. M. MORROW, A. L. PHELPS.

In carrying out this opera-.

